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Post by tayloramurphy »

karmakaze wrote: post #151
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

I never really understood the appeal of tiling window managers. I've gotten used to having overlapping windows with appropriate parts peek out out behind others. e.g. tail of a log behind an editor running a program, and I can bring it to the foreground to see older lines and/or scroll. To do the same with a tiling manager, I would zoom the logging pane. I suppose I just prefer less layout changes. Same for Slack, I…

I used to use Slate[0] to manage my windows but have since switched to Raycast since it was a more enjoyable experience.

I have a 49" ultrawide so it's super useful to have precise control over where a window goes. I also use 3 desktops (as Apple calls them) and have different windows sizes depending on what I'm doing. Having overlapping windows would just be super annoying now!

[0] https://github.com/jigish/slate

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by seaal »

jairuhme wrote: post #224
thenaturalist wrote: post #188

Might seem like a small one, but finally: a passwords app. That one really makes me happy. 1Password was a bliss until they went all in on subscriptions, and Bitwarden, for all its benefits is, I gotta say, rather abysmal when it comes to GUI and UX of their native app. The Passwords app looks like the best of both worlds in terms of UX and functionality.

I didn't see any details, but I'm hoping that you can easily import password lists. I just set up 1Password, I'd hate to have to input each individual password again

Keychain already allow for imports from a .CSV file for years now.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by seaal »

dev_daftly wrote: post #131

I would love it if I could have different natural scrolling settings for mouse and trackpad, but that's apparently too much to ask for despite it being supported by every other os.

This drives me crazy. The amount of low hanging fruit that Apple continues to fail on delivering is disappointing.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by gloryjulio »

karmakaze wrote: post #151
wwalexander wrote: post #2

I never thought I’d see the day macOS would get tiling window management. Wonder how it will interact with Stage Manager if at all.

I never really understood the appeal of tiling window managers. I've gotten used to having overlapping windows with appropriate parts peek out out behind others. e.g. tail of a log behind an editor running a program, and I can bring it to the foreground to see older lines and/or scroll. To do the same with a tiling manager, I would zoom the logging pane. I suppose I just prefer less layout changes. Same for Slack, I…

I used 40 inch screens for many years. Tiling is must have for big screens and it works better than multiple screens combined togather

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by aldonius »

isametry wrote: post #189
aldonius wrote: post #176

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If you can _rename_ desktops though, I've never seen how. e.g. in Mission Control right now I have "Desktop 1", "Desktop 2", and full-screened iTerm2 on my external monitor, plus "Desktop 3" and about 6 other fullscreen apps on my laptop. I have somewhat semantic meaning for what each of those three numbered desktops are, but it'd be nice to _name_ them.

I find it helpful to set a different wallpaper for every space. In fact, that approach has been so useful that I’ve mostly stopped wishing to rename the spaces – I can glance at the colors so much faster than I could ever read a written title anyway.

Yeah I do this too, I can't imagine not having different wallpapers. But when I'm pinning apps to desktops via the Dock it'd be nice to have the names then.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by musictubes »

bsimpson wrote: post #98

My corp desktop is an iMac Pro (2018). For a long time, it was the best way to get a Retina-quality desktop without getting into VFX budgets. It was also in that weird period in Apple's product calendar when the one-and-done trash can was obsolete, but its replacement hadn't been released. Work usually issues whatever panels they can buy in bulk from overseas, but for a magical window, we could get a nice screen with…

Not quite a perfect solution but you can use the iMac as an airplay display.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by sprobertson »

dylan604 wrote: post #221
threeseed wrote: post #198

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You can always run apps full screen. Then it's possible to have them side by side.

I'm thoroughly confused. How can a full screen program allow for a side by side?

The maximize button has an option to go into a split screen mode where you get two "half full" screens (i.e. side by side but still hide the menu bar, window chrome).

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by lxgr »

azinman2 wrote: post #225
lxgr wrote: post #156

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Given that all relevant browsers on macOS either bring their own WebKit build or run another engine, system-WebKit only would be close to false advertising, so I really hope it's not. I'm really looking forward to this – big fan of Apple Pay, but I'm not switching to Safari and rebuilding my shopping cart for non-logged-in purchases, and that's where it's arguably most useful.

Chrome is not using system webkit.

That's my point exactly. If they'd limit to system webkit, they'd exclude the biggest non-Safari browser, making this a non-feature.

Word is that it'll work via QR code scanning from an iPhone anyway, in all browsers! Very clunky, but much better than Webkit only.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by jkestner »

dylan604 wrote: post #221
threeseed wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can always run apps full screen. Then it's possible to have them side by side.

I'm thoroughly confused. How can a full screen program allow for a side by side?

Full screen is a mode that takes away the ability to move windows, and removes their chrome. You can have two windows in this mode, and they will just take up the whole screen between them.

I get a bunch of ui issues doing full screen, and though I use Magnet for snapping, I want something that stays snapped. Looks like this will do it.

Re: macOS Sequoia Preview

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Post by karmakaze »

TylerE wrote: post #183
sircastor wrote: post #172

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I generally agree with you. I use my Mac with most of the windows overlapped most of the time. But occasionally I need them side-by-side to do some work. Typically referencing documents or code. Fortunately the introduction of this looks to just be an optional feature rather than a dictated "way things are". An overlapped/stacked interface is fine a lot of the time, but the flexibility is important. What really drive…

You can solve that easily with the free rectangle app today.

I have Rectangle installed and the only feature I use is dragging a window to the left or right edge to use half the screen. I don't even know if that's from Rectangle or macOS. The other thing I do is double-click edges to expand to edge of screen, which I assume is macOS.
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